Tag: City hall
Testy exchanges, walkout as city’s cost-cutting committee begins work
A proposal to cut two popular community grants programs as a tax-saving measure led to some testy exchanges between councillors and frustration from community groups that werenât allowed to be part of the debate.
Canada Day celebrations include activities, nod to Indigenous Peoples
Canada Day events are talking place in the Owen Sound area over the coming days, while Meaford will be celebrating Canada’s 157th birthday and its own 150th together. The four-day, free Sound Waterfront Festival this weekend in Owen Sound will be capped with Canada Day celebrations on Monday, July 1. Canada Day window flags for […]
City hall, outside workers union agree to four-year labour pact
The union representing London’s outside workers â whose duties include trash collection and maintaining roads and parks â has agreed to a new four-year labour deal, city hall officials announced on Wednesday.
Farhi bid to move city hall to heart of downtown dismissed
A last-ditch effort to get London city council to consider moving city hall to Dundas and Richmond streets fell flat Tuesday, but not without plenty of discussion. An effort by councillors Peter Cuddy and Susan Stevenson to delay to September consideration of city hall’s plan to redevelop its present home at 300 Dufferin Ave., the […]
London cyclist killed in collision en route to coffee meet-up with friend
A cyclist struck and killed by a vehicle last week was on his way to grab a coffee, said the manâs longtime friend who was waiting for him at the shop